50% of AI advice on health and medical issues return inaccurate or fabricated advice Vladimir Hedrih | PsyPost | June 10, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/06/10/50-of-ai-advice-on-health-and-medical-issues-return-inaccurate-or-fabricated-advice/ An audit of chatbot responses in health and medical fields prone to misinformation found that 49.6% of responses were problematic. Specifically, 30% of responses were somewhat problematic, and 19.6% were highly problematic. Each chatbot was prompted with 10 questions from five categories: cancer, vaccines, stem cells, nutrition, and athletic performance. The paper was published in BMJ Open.